The Testing Of Luther Albright: A Novel (2006)

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Author

MacKenzie Bezos

Genre

Fiction

Rating

3.08 of 5 Votes: 3

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ISBN

0060751428 (ISBN13: 9780060751425)

Language

English

Publisher

harper perennial

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It is amazing, from my point of view, how a woman author writes in a first person male protagonist. The story reverberates of how many trials a father can be. I choose this book in the store over the book The Beautiful Boy: the Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff, because it almost the same in topic--parental love and other things we perceived wrong about their love but it is not good to compare books.It will remind you of your/ the role as a father or parent, spouse and a friend. The testing is not about written exam but simply a trial of behaviors and consequences. In particularly I learned the meaning of "silent treatment" in other view and how it resulted from your past life and not all of silent treatment can be based as negative but only the limitation of our understanding of what we see and not we actually feel--love. Happy reading! :)Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

I think it's pity when good books frequently get low star ratings because some readers want a conventional 'plot' with lots happening. The 'story' can be the unfolding of consequences of characters' actions and/or events that have happened to them. A good writer will detail emotions, regrets and lessons learned, often too late. In the case of Luther Albright over- thinking, second guessing and repression add up to the loss of both family respect and his own self worth. As the book progressed, I did not agree with other reviewers who say that nothing happens. Insight and understanding is needed to appreciate the subtleties in this portrayal of the human condition - I thought it a good read.

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I read this book sometime last year. Not sure why exactly, but this book sticks in my mind as one of the more interesting books I've read. I think most of the reviews on Amazon are pretty accurate, from what I saw, so I won't repeat them here. The opening line of the book starts, "The year I lost my wife and son, my son performed nine separate test of my character." Now, when I read that line, I interpreted the word "lost" a certain way. That caused me to expect certain things to happen in story. I'm not sure if the author intended to have that effect -- using a word that could be interpreted in different ways, but it definitely affected the way I read the book. I won't spoil how Luther lost his wife and son. . .
—Eric